Usually grown as a fresh, munching vegetable, celery is used in our house mostly as a flavourful herb. Leaves and stalks are harvested and chopped up for soups and stews, and tossed fresh into freezer bags for "fresh" herbs through the winter.

Celeriac is simply celery that has been bred to grow a large root and few leaves, making a lovely winter storage vegetable that adds celery-flavour to cooking.